I absolutely cannot believe that half of a year has passed since Henry was born! I guess the old saying is true…time flies when you're having fun! Or more likely in my case, time flies when you are extremely sleep deprived! Although, that is kind of being rectified now. Henry is always sleeping in his bed and is sleeping more through the night.
Henry's Stats:
Weight: Almost 18 pounds! (8.08 kilos)
Height: 26 inches (65.8 cm)
Head Circumference: 17 inches (43.4 cm)
Teeth: Two
What Henry's been up to:
Not much has changed in the last month. He has gotten more vocal. His favorite thing to do is yell, at everything, all the time! It's fun! Sometimes, I swear he's really saying things. Mostly it sounds like he says hi and good. Although, in the middle of the night when he wakes up crying I'm pretty sure he says Mama. Henry is also SOOOO close to crawling. He is so strong and works so hard to get around. He has figured out to go anywhere he wants to. However, he more often than not ends up going backwards. He's also really into what I like to call the downward facing dog. He pushes up on his toes. It does always end pretty though. Usually he pushes forward with his feet, but doesn't move his arms, so he ends up face planting into the floor. Which isn't so bad on the carpet, but he has done it a few times on the hardwood floor and a few times into the TV stand. He's already gotten himself into some trouble. The other day, I looked down and he had grabbed the diaper wipes, opened them, taken one out and was eating it! I immediately grabbed it from him and rinsed his mouth with some water. He's so quick and loves playing with everything, but his toys.
He is also starting to enjoy eating. He has tried quite a few things lately (He's only been eating for about two weeks). So far, he's had banana, avocado, sweet potato, carrot, apple, oatmeal baby cereal, pear and apple and rice pouch, pear and apricot and rice pouch. So far, his very favorite thing to eat is apples! We buy the Ella's kitchen pouches and he devours them! He also really liked bananas (fresh banana and not the Ella's kitchen pouch banana - he hated that!). He'll pretty much eat anything if it's mixed with apples. We just bought a blender/food processor to make baby food for Henry. When we tried avocado it was still a little chunky and Henry hated the texture. We figured if we could blend his food better he might enjoy eating more things and we wouldn't have to buy as many pouches! I made carrots and sweet potatoes and tried both of those and Henry didn't like either. There was lots of gagging and shivering, but when I mixed it with apples he loved it! Go figure.
One of his very favorite activities is still the bouncer! He gets into that thing and bounces like a crazy person, for hours, every day. That is for sure the best purchase, yet. He also really loves grabbing things! When he's nursing he will grab and pull on my shirt, or sometimes even my boob skin…that's fun! He'll also grab his toys and fling them back and forth before throwing them as far as he can. He gets so excited when he wants to get something and put it in his mouth. It is so cute! He'll open his mouth as wide as he can and start jumping up and down and reaching for it. He actually yells and gets angry when he can't have it. We can't light candles when he's awake because he wants to eat them so badly. He won't look at anything else. He just stares at the candles and yells and screams and reaches for them until someone blows them out. It is so much fun watching him become his own little person.
What Mommy's been up to:
I'm so happy to finally be getting more sleep! It's every mother's dream. Henry's been sleeping longer at night and more consistently. Sometimes, he'll wake up around 2am to eat, but immediately goes back to sleep in his own bed. I feel like I'm barely nursing him now. Especially since he's eating food. I'll nurse him before we get out of bed in the morning and then he'll play for a few hours and take a nap. Then when he gets up I feed him food (usually just a vegetable or fruit) and then he nurses again. He'll play for a few more hours and then nap. He usually wakes up during his afternoon nap to eat and then goes back to bed. Then he wakes up and eats dinner, this is his big meal - a vegetable and a fruit and oatmeal baby cereal. He'll nurse and go to bed. It's so strange to have time at night to be alone and have a drink, if I want to. It's almost like I have my body back! It's also much easier to leave him for a few hours here or there because he's only missing one breastfeeding session and not two or three.
A few outtakes from our 6 month photo shoot:
